Sales and sustainability are the go in this edition of the Weekly Collection.
Brand Directory (coming soon)
Mix of the Week 19/6: AssemblePapers EARS#36: AUTUMN mix by Tiny Ruins
In 2019, Assemble Papers’ has teamed up with Courtney Barnett and Jen Cloher’s Milk! Records to bring a year of indie Melbourne tunes. With the weather acting strangely hot this June, it’s only fitting that they would drop the Autumn mix now.
A Conversation With … Jess and Stef of TWOOBS
With 98,000 followers on Instagram, an internationally adored footwear label, and a freshly established podcast under their belt, sister duo Jess and Stef Dadon are showing no signs of slowing down. The sisters - better known, perhaps, as “How Two Live” - sat down with BYO in anticipation of their latest collection drop for TWOOBS, to chat all things fashion, Instagram, podcasts and more.
Maurice Terzini’s Iconic Bondi Restaurant debuts at Splendour in the Grass
With the sell out success of last year’s pop up dining experience still tingling the taste buds, Splendour in the Grass is lifting the cloche on 2019’s hot ticket, a new partnership with one of Australia’s most creative entrepreneurs, restaurateur Maurice Terzini and his iconic Bondi Beachside restaurant, Icebergs Dining Room and Bar.
Tribute to a Farmer: Jairo Arcila
Being many miles and many time zones away from those who grow our favourite coffees, it’s not often that the coffee community in Australia get to meet the farmers who tend to the coffee plants which produce the beans that go into our cups.
Carla
Exclusive Girls & Boys editorial with Photographer Johnny Jordan @byjohnnyjordan and model Carla Martinez @carlamartin3z from @imgmodels.
Release of the Week 17/6: The Teskey Brothers “Man of the Universe”
The music of The Teskey Brothers is a soulful throwback to a lost sound. Their music would fit in a century ago, but it doesn’t feel outdated. Over a decade ago, brothers Sam, on guitar, and Josh Teskey, on vocals, teamed up with childhood friends and long-time jamming buddies Brendon Love, on bass, and Liam Gough, on drums.
BYO Culture Guide June 17 - 23
This week we’re celebrating the weird wacky and wonderful that Sydney has to offer in its diverse cultural scene.
Holly
Exclusive Girls & Boys editorial with Photographer Aaron Viii @livefreeandburn, model Holly @hollyoney and hair stylist Yui Tanimura @ui.styles_rita.
The Weekly Collection #74
Art meets fashion, new fronts in sustainability and another international collaboration, all this in the Weekly Collection.
Von-Röutte Store Opening Launch
Founded in Sydney by Gus Agra and Marina Tokarski, Von-Röutte showcases it’s latest concept space right in the heart of Bondi Beach.
Four New Global Dining Venues Coming to Wynyard
If you’ve been awaiting, as we have, the end of the light-rail’s construction and the realisation of the promise of a pedestrian friendly CBD, then the latest announcement from Merivale’s CEO Justin Hemmes will start to whet your palette for the taste of what’s to come once George Street is closed off to cars.
Mix of the Week 12/6: XLR8R Podcast 596 – Lenzman
The XLR8R magazine has been hastening the pace of music and culture across the globe for twenty-five years. Their weekly podcast features exciting and diverse artists. This week features Lenzman, aka Teije van Vliet, a Dutch DJ with a love of hip-hop, jazz and funk.
A Conversation With … Pepper Keen
Known for co-launching Melbourne’s Sugar Mountain festival, which since 2011 has continued to set the benchmark for multi-arts festivals, Pepper Keen has pushed interdisciplinarity to the centre. Facilitating the VIA ALICE program in 2017, this year Pepper returns to the VIA Planet Earth series with Red Bull for VIA SÃO PAULO.
BYO Culture Guide June 10 - 16
Sydney is buzzing at the moment! If you haven’t already got your fix of culture with Vivid and the Sydney Film Festival, then check out some cool theatre and art shows that are happening this week.
Boy & Bear @ Cake Wines 23/5
After a four-year hiatus, Sydney’s own Boy & Bear returned for an exclusive performance at Cake Wines in Redfern to invited media and a handful of lucky competition winners. The indie folk-rock band took a break from the limelight following their third album Limit of Love.
Release of the Week 10/6: Polish Club ‘Iguana’
One of Sydney’s easiest to listen to bands is Polish Club. However, they often reject being labelled under the genre of rock, despite being a two-piece rock band. Their debut album, Alright Already, a fast, energetic and loud explosion of sweaty garage rock, was driven by the dumb fun that the two band members had cutting it in just eight days.
Parlour Cucina opens to 100 Years of Negroni
This June marks 100 years of the beloved negroni, and Sydney’s cocktail houses have kick-started their celebrations with a selection of masterclasses, talks and tastings taking place around the city.
Sydney June Gig Guide
Although summer festivals might feel like a distant memory when we’re rugged up in poorly insulated share-houses, winter seems to lead to those bands that bring more heat come to our stages. Warm up those cool June nights with any one of these cutting edge musical gigs.
World Gin Day at Gin Lane & Spritz Bar
This Saturday, June 8 marks arguably the best day of the year, where the gin havens of Sydney throw open their doors at midday and cocktails flow aplenty. World Gin Day was unofficially started in 2009, by a group of college students in Birmingham who took a trip to a bar called Graphic in SoHo, London, to celebrate their love for gin.